However, Napoleon made clear that he preferred the unitarist vision of Gogel, and his opinion of course prevailed, when the Staatsbewind was replaced by the regime of Grand Pensionary Schimmelpenninck in May, 1805.

Samuel Galton, Jr., unusual as a Quaker who was also a gun-manufacturer, appears in the letters of other Lunar members as attending meetings from July 1781, and his daughter Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck was to provide one of the few first-hand accounts of the Lunar Society's activities.

Schimmelpenninck was a power in the Batavian Republic by himself.

Though Schimmelpenninck was a convinced federalist, he was a pliable character also.

On May 10, 1805, Schimmelpenninck was therefore inaugurated as Raadpensionaris ( Grand Pensionary ) of the Batavian Republic.

This venerable title ( clearly chosen for sentimental reasons ) had little connection with the former office of the States of Holland ; as a matter of fact, the new office more resembled that of Stadtholder, though even William V, after 1787, had not possessed the powers Schimmelpenninck was to wield.

Soon a coalition was formed around the Batavian envoy to Paris, Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck that openly worked to drive out the Staatsbewind-regime.

* 1778 – Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer ( d. 1856 )

* April 29 – Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck is appointed as Grand Pensionary of the Batavian Republic by Napoleon.

* August 29 – Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer ( b. 1778 )

* November 25 – Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer ( d. 1856 )

This perceived obduracy led to the eventual demise of the Republic when the short-lived experiment with the ( again authoritarian ) regime of " Grand Pensionary " Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck produced insufficient docility in the eyes of Napoleon.

The Dutch ambassador in France, Schimmelpenninck, who acted as the Dutch plenipotentiary, vainly protested that the Treaty of The Hague had guaranteed the Dutch colonies, and that France had promised not to make a separate peace.

Schimmelpenninck saw himself in the same light.

As a matter of fact, a delegation of the Staatsbewind, consisting of Schimmelpenninck, and members of the Regency Van der Goes ( the former Agent ) and Van Haersolte ( a former Director ), presented the case for this draft to Napoleon in November, 1804.

Despite such unpromisingly reactionary trappings the Schimmelpenninck regime actually accomplished more in its short existence than the previous regimes had accomplished in the ten years since 1795.

Ver Huell started scheming with his French patrons behind the back of Schimmelpenninck and feeding negative information about the Pensionary that found its way into the French press.

" The Batavian Republic, whose economy depended on trade that had been ruined by the war, appointed Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, their ambassador to France, to represent them in the peace negotiations ; he arrived in Amiens on 9 December.

Schimmelpenninck and Cornwallis negotiated agreements on the status of Ceylon ( to remain British ), the Cape of Good Hope ( to be returned to the Dutch, but open to all ), and the indemnification of the deposed House of Orange-Nassau for its losses.

According to David Schimmelpenninck Van Der Oye's assessment, Przhevalsky's books on Central Asia feature his disdain for the Oriental — particularly the Chinese — civilization.

* White bicycle plan: Initiated by Luud Schimmelpenninck, the white bicycle plan proposed the closing of central Amsterdam to all motorised traffic, including motorbikes, with the intent to improve public transport frequency by more than 40 % and to save two millions guilders per year.

Schimmelpenninck Avenue is now Niagara Street.

Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, who lived at Five Ways up until 1785, describes that the origins of its name were as a result of the location being the junction of five roadways.

Gogel played an important role in this coalition, even though he ( as a convinced unitarist ) and Schimmelpenninck ( as the leader of the federalists ) did not see eye to eye on many things.

In 1994, Doc made a last-ditch effort to keep the mill running.

King Saud refused, however, and made a last-ditch attempt to retake executive powers, leading Prince Faisal to order the National Guard to surround King Saud's palace.

On 22 June 1966, Sukarno made the Nawaksara speech in front of MPRS session, an unsuccessful last-ditch attempt to defend himself and his guided democracy system.

Quite commonly, blind bids are allowed only if the bidding team is at least 100 points behind, and in many cases, whether a minimum point spread is required, these risky bids are typically made by a team with a large deficit as a last-ditch effort ; blind bids made in this situation are typically called " trailing blind bids ".

The Allies made a last-ditch attempt to cut the Germans off by taking the towns of Montreval and Marboz north of Bourg, which was thwarted by the 11th Panzer Division in heavy fighting.

Near the end of World War II, last-ditch ersatz models were being made in various cost-cutting feature variations with the goal of cheaply bolstering the Imperial Armed Forces ; for example, the ovoid bulb-shaped bolt of earlier runs were replaced by a smaller and utilitarian cylindrical shape, the handguard on the barrel was omitted, and crude fixed sights were fitted.

It was at this time that Cao Fang's stepmother Empress Dowager Guo made a last-ditch attempt at preserving Cao Wei's imperial authority, by injecting herself into the process of selecting the next emperor.

The Eastern Wu chancellor Zhang Ti ( 張悌 ) made a last-ditch attempt to defeat Wang Hun's force, but was defeated and killed.

A last-ditch attempt to save Czecho-Slovakia from total ruin was made by the British and French governments, who on 27 January 1939, concluded an agreement of financial assistance with the Czech government.

When the American forces made a last-ditch stand on the Bataan peninsula, the Naval Station was abandoned and most of its facilities were burned before the Japanese came.

One of the most memorable moments of the match was when Carragher made two vital last-ditch intercept into extra time whilst suffering from cramp.

He came close to joining boyhood heroes Celtic Fc when then manager Tommy Burns made a last-ditch attempt to sign him from under the noses of Blackburn Rovers.

It seems they were then pursued westwards across the River Tamar and through Cornwall where they were defeated again close to Land's End in what may have been a “ last-ditch ” encounter that probably ended in slaughter, thus rendering the statement made centuries earlier and known to us as The Groan of the Britons seem morbidly appropriate ; " The barbarians drive us to the sea, the sea drives us to the barbarians, between these two means of death we are either killed or drowned ".

Moss made a last-ditch effort for his team at the end but came up short.

Dobbs made a last-ditch attempt to keep Nils inside CNN by attempting to sue him claiming there were " important " and " unfinished " duties that required his attention at CNNfn.

However, his lawyer, Edward Greenspan, made a last-ditch motion using a rarely-used provision, which granted him another delay.

Tōgō was adamantly against war with the United States and the other western powers, which he felt was unwinnable, and together with Mamoru Shigemitsu, made unsuccessful last-ditch efforts to arrange for direct face-to-face negotiations between Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe and US President Franklin Roosevelt in an attempt to stave off conflict.

The company made a last-ditch effort to modernize in the early 1990s by expanding its activewear, electronics, housewares, sports equipment, and toy departments.

It then becomes clear that a last-ditch attempt must be made back on Arrakis to destroy the Emperor Worm before he awakes by using the Smugglers Guild to get back to Arrakis.

Donald made a last-ditch attempt to scupper the engagement by telling Anna he would disinherit her as if she never existed, and accused the King brothers of conspiring to murder their father.